Rotary Luncheon Program at Tower and City Council Meeting
Rotary Luncheon program by DR Rick Thomson of Bay Town at noon Wednesday at the Tower. San Jacinto Council No 2788 members to attend. Baytown City Council to meet 5 pm Wednesday at city hall to discuss Ward Road bond project including width and possible median from Highway 16 to Kilgore Road. Includes Kiwanis and sorority notices and a dog lost notice.
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Rotary
Rick Thomson
Baytown
Rotary Club
Tower
SJ Council
San Jacinto
Knights of Columbus Hall
City Hall
Ward Road
Highway 16
Kilgore Road
Ibew Baytown Local 4 Meeting Change Notice
Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Baytown Local 4 are reminded the regular meeting night has changed. The next meeting will be at 7:30 pm on June 11, with no meeting on Tuesday night. John Norville Chatfield Jr. of Baytown is a candidate for the Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Texas.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
IBEW
Baytown
John Norville Chatfield Jr
University of Texas
Weather and Tides for Baytown and Galveston
Scattered afternoon thundershowers are expected for Baytown on Tuesday. Temperatures will fall to the low 70s Tuesday with a high near 80 Wednesday. Galveston tides rise 11:13 a.m. Wednesday and fall at 6:12 a.m. Thursday, with another low at 5:00 a.m.
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Baytown
Galveston
Local Social Snippets From A Busy Weekend
Lillian Wilburn visits a knitting shop as Cynthia Moore takes a coffee break. Grandparents cheer on MCA vacue youngsters while Dr. Ofriens Sr and Mrs. Tucker, plus Pam Spuhler, travel from Colorado to see family. Lynn and Doug Benton search. Charlene Kelley fills in Jan’s wardrobe for camp. Claire Bays debuts a change. The Jones and Russell families attend Astroworld. Paula Motley and Linda Clayton clash with strange weapons. Littlepage family anticipates summer kids.
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Lillian Wilburn
Cynthia Moore
MCA Lvacue
Ofriens Sr
W. S. Tucker
Bill DuPiantises
Pam Spuhler
Colorado
Lynn
Doug Benton
Charlene Kelley
Jan
Claire Bays
Jean Whitacre
Tommy Joneses
Jay Russell
Astroworld
Paula Motley
Linda Clayton
Charles Littlepage
Dean
Raymond Martin
Hurricane Abby Threatens Florida Coast in 1968
A hurricane named Abby battered near Mexico waters with 115 mph winds and aimed at Florida's west coast. Warnings issued for central and south Florida as tides rise 2 to 5 feet and heavy rains threaten. Tampa dark and rainy at dawn. forecasters warned residents to batten down and keep small craft in port while Abby neared the Tampa Bay area.
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Tampa
Fla
U. 5
Abby
Mexico
Florida
Sarasota
Sarasola
National Hurricane Center
Florida Peninsula
Marco Beach
Court OKs Preacher Hiring in Harris County Clerk Row
Harris County Clerk Bob Turrentine won a long battle with Commissioners Court to hire Rev. A. L. Pozzie of Garden Villas Pentecostal Church to perform marriages. The court voted 4-1, with Commissioner Phil Sayers opposing, after repeated rejections and a legal ruling that the court lacked authority to deny. Turrentine said the minister would clock in and out for duties. Turrentine had clashed with officials over marriage ceremonies for weeks.
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Houston
Harris County
Bob
Turrentine
Commissioners Court
A. L. Pozzie
Garden Villas
Phil Sayers
Joe Resuveber
Baytown Soldier's Case Suspended For 5 Years
U S District Judge Joe Ingraham suspended the sentence for five years in the case of Baytown Army medic Spec. 5 Charles Ray Godfrey 23 charged with smuggling six pounds of marijuana. Godfrey said he mailed the package to Baytown and hoped to return to Vietnam. he has been decorated with the Purple Heart. The case involved Customs agents swapping part of the cargo with dried grass. He was indicted April 29 and reassigned to Fort Houston pending outcome.
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Godfrey
Baytown
Houston Post Office
U.S
US. Attorney's Office
Vietnam
Imgraham
Mekong Delta
E. W. Barnett
Fort Sar Houston
Houston
A Cappella Choir From Arkansas A&M To Sing Here
The A Capella Choir from Arkansas A&M College will perform at First Baptist Church at 7 p m on Wednesday. The 58 members are selected by auditions and will sing in the World’s Fair concert and religious offerings. Fred Parker of First Baptist extended the invitation to Baytown residents.
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Arkansas A&m College
First Baptist Church
Sheen
of Arkansas
Hemisfair
San Antonio
Arkansas
Fred Parker
First Baptist
Baytown
Israeli Air Strikes Hit Arab Positions Before Anniversary
LATE NEWS TEL AVIV AP Israeli warplanes swept the River Jordan to hit Arab artillery on the eve of the Arab-Israeli war anniversary. Artillery mortars and tanks rained fire from both sides as villages smoked and civilians were killed and wounded. The Israeli army said Aran troops robbed mortar shells from border settlements and reported Jordanian machine gun fire on workers in fields. Jordanians shelled four river settlements in the afternoon.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jordan
Ments
Sea of Galilee
Is- Trelis
Officers Of Engineering Society To Be Installed
The Texas Society Of Professional Engineers Baytown chapter to install new officers Friday night at Newbys Restaurant. Incoming state president Howard F. Drew will give the address. outgoing state president H E Bovay Jr. will conduct the ceremony. Thad S. Fennema to be installed as Baytown chapter president with Torhy E. Cook and Kerwin Plotsch as vice presidents, James P. Hutchison secretary, and Walter A. Morgan treasurer.
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The
Texas Society
Baytown
SPE
Newby's
Howard F. Drew
Fort Worth
Eng H. E. Bovay Jr
Houston
Thad S. Fennema
Oe Baytown Chapter
Jack A. Morton
Torhy E. Cook
Kerwin Plotsch
James P. Hutchison
Walter A. Morgan
Rew
University of Texas
Texas Electric Service Co
Bovay
Bovay Engineers Inc
Baton Rouge
Spokane
Wash
Limbaugh Engineers Inc
Albuquerque
N. Moex., President of Mid - South Telephone Co. Inc
Mississippi
World Wide Consultants Inc
Washington, D. C
Bovista Farms
Brenham
Tex
Somerville, Tenn
Harris County Democrats pick eight for judge ballot
Harris County Democratic Executive Committee will secret vote among eight candidates to nominate a district judge for the November ballot. Runoff if no majority expected, with two machines used initially and two more if needed. Nine candidates were listed. Bill Ragan has withdrawn. The post pays 26000 yearly.
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Harris County
Ben Moorehead
John Connally
Civil Courts
Bill Ragan
Ragan
61St District Court
Shearn Smith
Ten Stores Extend Thursday Hours on Texas Avenue
Ten Texas Avenue retailers including Ken's Food Bar Carl's Men's Shop Gregory's For Men S H Kress Co J C Penney Moore's Shoe Store The Cage Bealls Department Store W M House Jewelry and Tri City Pharmacy will stay open until 3 p m each Thursday Penney's remains open nightly until 3 p m for shopper convenience.
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Texas Avenue
Baytown
Ken's Food Bar
Carl’s Men's Shop
Gregory’s For Men
S. H. Kress & Co
J.C. Penney
Moore’s Shoe Store
the Cage
Bealls Department Store
W. M. House Jewelry
Tri + City Pharmacy
Penney’s
Pollution Forum On Water Air Issues Set In Baytown
A 7:30 p.m. public forum on water and air pollution is scheduled June 13 at the Baytown Community Building. Sponsors are the Baytown League of Women Voters and the Bayshore Rod Reef and Gun Club with panelists including Col. Frank Bender State Sen Chris Cole State Rep Rex Braun Hugh Yantis Charles Barden and a representative of District Attorney Carol Vance. Jack Walker will moderate as officials discuss conditions and solutions and take questions.
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Baytown
Texas Water Quality Control Board
Charles Barden
Texas Air Quality Control Board
Carol Vance
Jack Walker
Baytown Sun Editorial On Pesticide Threat To Petrels
Washington. Rep Bob Eckhardt and The Baytown Sun urge action as editorial and congressional record warn about endangered petrels. A 1$-month study by Denver Wildlife Research Lab officials Edward Flickinger and Kirke King reports wildlife mortality in Texas agricultural regions, with 24 sick birds found in Wharton Brazoria and Chambers counties. Residues include dieldrin toxaphene DDT endrin and other toxins in birds from rice fields.
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Washington
Bob Eckhardt
Baytown Sun
Sun District
Congressional Record
The
Sun
Eckhardt
Denver Wildlife Research Laboratory
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Victoria
Tex
Edward L. Flickinger
Kirke King
Texas
Wharton
Brazoria
Chambers
Paris transit strike tests union patience
French union leaders press striking commuters to approve agreements to restart trains and buses in Paris as government optimism clashes with doubt over ratification by workers. Senate Armed Services Committee readiness signals quick action on Gen. Westmoreland’s Army Chief of Staff nomination. Desertions in South Vietnam rise nearly 10 percent from 1967.
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Paris
The
Senate Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Wiliam C. Westmoreland
Army
Baytown Sun features new four bedroom homes
This week's Baytown Sun new homes pages spotlight a four bedroom house at 607 Indeed by Walher TM Homes of Baytown and Houston. Page 13 showcases homes offered by major builders with Leroy Walker and his associates Perry as featured builders. They mainly build in Creekwood Addition and plan a 400 home subdivision in northeast Raytown.
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Baytown
Walher
Houston
Leroy Walker
So Perry
Creekwood
Raytown
Boy Recovers Well After Open Heart Surgery
John Ray Melcher eight, son of Mr and Mrs Paul K Melcher of Pasadena and grandson of Mr and Mrs Paul A Anderson of Baytown, is reported doing fine after open heart surgery at Texas Children's Hospital Houston. Mrs Anderson said a routine check up Monday showed favorable progress two weeks after surgery by Dr Denton A Cooley. The boy had five heart defects that would have shortened his life if untreated.
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John Ray Melcher
Paul K. Melcher
Pasadena
Paul A. Anderson
Taxes and Liquor Urgent Problems Prompt Special Session
A Texas special legislative session opens with a $1.235 billion tax gap and liquor by the drink issue on the near desk. Lt. Gov. Preston Smith presides in the Senate, Speaker Ben Barnes handles the House, Gov. Connally set to outline spending and revenue plans. House Appropriations and Senate Finance committees are engaged.
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Austin
Texas
Preston Smith
Senate
Ben Barnes
House
John Connally
House Appropriations
Lee College funds split between boards prompt fight
State Rep Joe Allen reports from Austin the Legislative Budget Board proposes about 427000 for Lee College next year versus the Coordinating Board's recommendation near 653000. Dr Richard Strahan calls the legislative figure near the current level and Allen vows hearings and a push for higher junior college funding. Budget talks hinge on 1969 revenue gaps and a balanced budget plan for the next fiscal year.
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Joe Allen
Austin
Legislative Budget Board
Lee College
State Coordinating Board
Legislative Board
Coordinating Board
Richard Strahan
Allen
La Porte Increases City Tax Assessment Ratio
La Porte city commission raised the assessment ratio from 42 to 80 percent of market value, boosting total city valuation from 17.5 million to about 334 million. Mayor Pfeiffer says no tax increase is planned, expecting a proportional rate cut in about a month during budget adoption, while Brown urged the rise to improve credit with ratings firms.
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LA Porte (Lp
la Porte
Ernest L Brown
Knox W. Askins
Brown
Standard and Poor's
Moody's Investors Service
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